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Pictures of the Day for April 27, 2013

Christian Sprenger, Brenton Rickard, Max Ireland and Nikolas Pregelj of Australia competes in the Men's 100 Metre Breaststroke Final during day two of the Australian Swimming Championships at SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre on April 27, 2013 in Adelaide, Australia. (Quinn Rooney / Getty Images)

H.R.H. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, inspects members of the 3rd Battalion of The Canadian Regimen at Queen's Park. The Prince is the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief and was on hand to retire the Regimen's old colour at a formal ceremony. (Chris So / Toronto Star)

The pack rides across the la Croix pass watched by two skiers, during the 4th stage, a 188,5 km race from Marly to Les Diablerets, at the 67th Tour de Romandie UCI ProTour cycling race in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, April 27, 2013. (Jean-Christophe Bott / AP)

In this April 10, 2013 photo released by the U.S. Army, soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division provide security for a hasty patrol base in the Registan Desert in Kandahar province, Afghanistan during a two-day operation to deter insurgents and clear the area of explosives caches. The Taliban have announced they will launch their spring offensive on Sunday, April 28, 2013 signaling plans to step up attacks as the weather warms across Afghanistan, making both travel and fighting easier. (Sgy. Kimberly Hackbarth / AP)

This combo of photos shows participants in the German beard championships, posing for a photo at the congress center in Pforzheim, southern Germany on April 27, 2013. (ULI DECK / AFP/Getty Images)

New York Red Bull Tim Cahill follows through on a header that went in to win the game over top of Toronto FC's Ashtone Morgan at BMO field in Toronto. (Lucas Oleniuk / Toronto Star)

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